Texas city named best place to live in America for third year in a row

Amanda O'Donnell @amandamodo

Tuesday

Apr 9, 2019 at 11:28 AM

In case you still weren’t convinced, Austin, Texas, has been named the best place to live in America for the third year in a row by U.S. News and World Report.

The publication ranked the 125 largest metropolitan areas and found that life’s good in Austin.

The city has maintained its No. 1 spot on the list since it knocked Denver into second place in 2017.

U.S. News and World Report considered five main indexes (and graded them on a 10-point scale) in compiling the list: desirability, value, job market, quality of life and net migration. Unsurprisingly, Austin ranked a high 9 for desirability and net migration, but a lower 6.7 on value, which measures affordability and incomes.

Overall, Austin received a score of 7.6.

The top 10 cities are listed as:

1. Austin

2. Denver

3. Colorado Springs, Colo.

4. Fayetteville, Ark.

5. Des Moines, Iowa

6. Minneapolis-St. Paul

7. San Francisco

8. Portland, Ore.

9. Seattle

10. Raleigh/Durham, N.C.

You can view the list in full here.

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